Antislipping overshoe and pad for horses&#39; hoofs.



J. B. KOPF.

ANTISLIPPING OVERSHOE AND PAD FOB. HORSES HOOPS. APPLICATION FILED APB..17, 1914.

1,1 14,773, Patented Oct. 27, 1914.

THE NORRIS FEYERS (30.. PHOT JOSEPH IB. KOPF, OF ROCKVILLE CENTER, NEW YORK.

ANTISLIPPING OVERSHOE AND PAD FOR HORSES HOOFS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 17, 1914.

Serial No. 832,419.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH B. KOPF, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rockville Center, Nassau county, New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Antislipping Overshoes and Pads for Horses Hoofs, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improvement in anti-slipping overshoes and pads for horses hoofs.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and effective means for preventing slipping and likewise for securing the device in place. i i

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 isa perspective View of the device in place, the animals hoof being shown in dotted outline. Fig. 2 is a cross section onthe line 22. a i

1-2 are cross-bars pivotally connected at 3 on a stud preferably formed integrally wit-h one of the parts. These cross-bars carry spurs 4& conveniently arranged to engage the ground and prevent slipping. The cross-bars are provided with clamping members respectively, the cross-bar 1 having a toe clamp member 5 and a heel clamp 63, the cross-bar 2 having a toe clamp 7 and a heel clamp 8.

9 is a strap or suitable fastening Which passes through loops in the heel clamps 68 and which engages the rear of the hoof above the rear ends of the ordinary shoe indicated in dotted outline at 10. This strap 9 holds the rear of the shoe against slipping down.

11 is an adjustable strap connecting the toe clamp 7 and the heel clamp 8 so as to extend obliquely across the forward upper part of the hoof.

12 is an adjustable strap connecting the toe clamp 5 with the heel clamp 6 and likewise extending obliquely across the top of the hoof in front. The straps 1112 diagonally cross each other and the strain is PatentedOct. 2'7, 1914.

in such a direction as to not only assist in drawing the clamping members into intimate contact with the hoof, but they also overlie the forward part of the hoof so as to prevent the toe portion of the overshoe, or creeper, from becoming disengaged.

By preference all of the straps are detachably connected to the several parts so that they may be easily detached and new ones replaced. The particular method of making the straps detachable is immaterial, an ordinary conventional hook, such as indicated at 1%, representing one means for securing the straps 11-12, Whereas the strap 9 may be slipped through loops or slots in the clamping members 68 and may be readily replaced. I have found by this improved arrangement of holding straps that the overshoe, or creeper, is very elfectively held in place against accidental detachment.

What I claim is:

In a removable overshoe of the character described, a pair of cross-bars each having respectively a toe clamp and a heel clamp, said cross-bars being pivotally connected intermediate their length, an adjustable strap member connecting the heel clamps at the rear, and adjustable toe straps arranged to extend obliquely over the front part of the hoof, each toe strap leading respectively from the toe clamp to the heel clamp of one member, and from the toe clamp to the heel clamp of the other member, said straps crossing each other obliquely.

JOSEPH B. KOPF. Witnesses:

R. C. MITCHELL, HENDERSON HILL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

